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Eminyakeni engu-18 ngaphambi kokuthi amaphoyisa aseMinneapolis abulale indoda emnyama engahlomile okuthiwa uGeorge Floyd ngoMsombuluko, amaphoyisa aseMinneapolis abulale umuntu omnyama ongahlomile ogama lakhe linguChristopher Burns. Namuhla, uSenator waseMelika u-Amy Klobuchar uyakugxeka ukubulawa kuka-Floyd. Ngaleso sikhathi, umshushisi omkhulu waseMinneapolis u-Amy Klobuchar wenqaba ukushushisa amaphoyisa edolobha ngokubulala uBurns.
Ngonyaka odlule, i- Washington Post ishicilele ngokucophelela isihloko sezindaba ngaphansi kwesihloko esicacile: โNjengomshushisi e-Heavily White Minnesota, u-Amy Klobuchar Wenqabile Ukulandela Amaphoyisa Ahileleke Ezimpikiswaneni Ezibulalayo Namadoda Amnyama.โ Ukwenqaba kwakhe ukufuna ubulungisa ngemva kokushona kukaBurns kwakuyingxenye yephethini.
Njengoba u-Klobuchar manje esohlwini olufushane lukaJoe Biden lwephini likamongameli, i ukubulala okunyantisayo ka-Floyd usephinde wagxila emlandweni ka-Klobuchar wokungabi nabulungisa ngokobuhlanga. Ngokuphambene kakhulu nendlela yakhe yokushushisa eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule, ukhiphe a isitatimende bafuna "uphenyo lwangaphandle oluphelele noluphelele" ngokufa kuka-Floyd futhi wamemezela ukuthi "abathintekayo kulesi sigameko kumele baphendule."
Phakathi neminyaka yokuqala yaleli khulu leminyaka, enekusasa eliqhakazile lezombangazwe phambi kwakhe, uKlobuchar wenqaba ukwenza amaphoyisa aphendule. Nokwehluleka kwakhe ukushushisa amaphoyisa abulala abantu abamnyama kwafaniswa nalokhu ngokucwasa ngokwebala ukulangazelela ukushushisa amadoda amnyama ngesisekelo kakhulu kakhulu ubufakazi.
Ngenkathi u-Klobuchar ngezikhathi ezithile ebhekisiswa abezindaba ngerekhodi lakhe njengomshushisi eMinnesota, ubelokhu ejabulela ukusabalala okuhle okuvamise ukuphumela ekukhukhumaleni. Ngamafuphi, iningi lemithombo yezindaba lithanda u-Klobuchar kanye nepolitiki yakhe yebhizinisi.
Ngenkathi u-Amy Klobuchar engenela ukhetho lokuba ngumongameli, abezindaba bezinkampani basebenza njengesizinda sakhe esikhulu kwezepolitiki. Ukusabalala kwezindaba kanye nokuhlaziya ulwazi kuvame ukumnikeza udumo, kuyilapho engavamile ukuzihlupha ngokuhlola irekhodi lakhe leminyaka engu-12 eSigele. Isithombe sika-Klobuchar njengokuthi โomaphakathiโ besithandeka ngokwanele eziteshini eziningi zezindaba ezinamandla.
Lapho kufika isikhathi ukuvumela emaphephandabeni ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, u-Klobuchar washaya amaphuzu ngezincwadi ezinkulu ezifana ne San Francisco Chronicle, Times Seattle, EMinneapolis Star Tribune futhi I-Houston Chronicle. Ngokuphawulekayo, i New York Times wamgunyaza (kanye no-Elizabeth Warren). Eqinisweni, alikho ikhandidethi elenze kangcono kuno-Klobuchar ngokugunyazwa kwamaphepha nsuku zonke ngesikhathi sesizini yokuqala kamongameli.
Ngeshwa u-Klobuchar, abahlonishwayo bemidiya abaphonsi amavoti amaningi kuma-primaries nama-caucus eDemocratic Alliance. Isigubhu sakhe sokuba nguzakwabo waseMidwestern sawela phansi e-Iowa, lapho aphuma khona endaweni yesihlanu kumakhokhasi ngamaphesenti angu-12. Ezinsukwini kamuva, abezindaba bebhizinisi bahamba phambili phezu komugqa owodwa ayethule engxoxweni ngaphambi nje kwesikole samabanga aphansi eNew Hampshire, lapho aphuma khona isithathu cishe ngamavoti angama-20. Kepha uKlobuchar uqhubekile nokuthola amaphesenti ama-4 kuphela kumakhokhasi e-Nevada bese kuthi amaphesenti amathathu e-South Carolina primary. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbili, wahoxa emjahweni.
Kusukela lapho, uKlobuchar ukhuphukele esigabeni esiphezulu se-Biden's VP ekhethwayo. Ukukhetha kwakhe kungase kube inhlekelele.
Njengoba mina utshele The Hill muva nje, โUmuntu ofana no-Klobuchar uyichilo ekwandiseni ithikithi. Uma uBiden ezimisele ngobumbano kuzomele agxumeke itende elikhulu ngokwanele ukuze afake nabathuthukayo.โ
Irekhodi lezepolitiki likaKlobuchar, uma kukhulunywa ngalo, alikwazi ukumelana nokucutshungulwa. Nakuba abezindaba abavamile bengavamile ukubonakala benentshisekelo kurekhodi lakhe leSigele, bekulokhu kubukela phansi ukuvikelwa okulinganayo ngaphansi komthetho kunomsebenzi wakhe wokuba umshushisi.
Lapho ithimba labameleli eliqhubekayo iDemand Justice likhipha umthetho othi โIkhadi Lombikoโ mayelana namavoti okuqinisekisa eSenate Democrats kwabaqokwe nguMongameli uTrump wejaji lophiko lwesokudla, lichaze ukuthi lo mbiko ubeke โukuzimisela ukulwa namajaji kaTrump.โ U-Elizabeth Warren uthole u-โA,โ uBernie Sanders u-โA-โ kanye no-Kamala Harris u-โB+.โ
U-Amy Klobuchar uthole u-โF.โ
UNorman Solomon ungumsunguli kanye nomqondisi kazwelonke we-RootsAction.org. Ubeyisithunywa sikaBernie Sanders esivela eCalifornia esiya kuNgqungquthela Kazwelonke yeDemocratic Alliance yango-2016. USolomoni ungumbhali wezincwadi eziyishumi nambili ezihlanganisa nethi "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits keeps spinning us to die."
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